Thursday, August 7, 2008

More blocks

Yesterday and today I worked on more blocks for the Come-on-a-my-house quilt - the last of the sawtooth star blocks. I'm happy with how they look. Now I have 10 more house blocks to do. It is fun to make houses with crazy colors. How many folks have blue on one side of their house and a lime green door? My favorite sawtooth star block is this one with the beautiful two-color flowered fabric in the center.My favorite tree block is this one with a polka-dot tree against a polka-dot background. When I was a little girl my mother allowed me to dress all by myself one day. As I came down the stairs my older sister cried, "Mom, you're not going to let her wear THAT, are you? She's got on a plaid skirt and a flowered blouse! It's awful."

At last, in my old age, as a quilter, I can happily put a plaid fabric with a flowered fabric, a polka-dot tree on a polka-dot sky, and a green door on a brown and blue house.

2 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Bonnie, it takes more confidence to put dots with dashes anyday....trust me I know from where I speak. I love your quilts especially the green tree and the little person in the window on the other block. Who is she? Do you know her? LOL

I love this quilt!! Fun memories you report too - thanks for always sharing such neat stories. And that reminds me that I've been so remiss in saying how much I enjoyed meeting the retreat ladies on your blog! What a clever idea!!

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Retired and loving it. Now I have plenty of time to quilt, stitch, stamp, knit, read, and volunteer at church. There is also time to be lazy, stare out the window, waste time on the computer, and do Sudoku puzzles. I'm a happy camper!